Palmer House News Clippings

Name/Title

Palmer House News Clippings

Entry/Object ID

2013.028.108

Scope and Content

collection of news clippings re. Pine Point (Palmer House): *Compass and Advertiser, February 17, 1966, with print of Palmer House painting *Auction notice, "Pine Point," August 1976 *"Famous home, contents going up for auction," August 17, 1976 *The Day, "Palmer house in Stonington sold," August 28, 1988 *The Day, "Palmer House is returned to former glory: Historic home now designer showhouse" by Carol Bown, July 2, 1989 *The Compass, "Designs on the Palmer House" July 5, 1989 *The Day, "Legislators say funding for Palmer House chancy," February 9, 1994 *The Day, "Palmer House museum pitch made in Hartford," February 25, 1994 *The Westerly Sun, "Palmer mansion up for sale; preservation effort thwarted," June 29, 1994 *The Day, Real Estate Listings - "Stonington Mansion, Capt. Nat Palmer Hist. Home," July 1, 1994 *The Day, "Group nears goal to save sea captain's former house: Trust sees Stonington's Palmer House as line in U.S. maritime history," August 3, 1994 *The Day, "Mystic park, historic house to get grants," October 22, 1994 *The Day, "Bond commission approves $173 million for state projects," Dec. 10, 1994. re. $125,000 grant to Stonington Historical Society for the purchase of the Palmer-Loper House *The Day, "Stonignton Saves Part of Its Past," January 15, 1995 *The Day, "Woolworth heir saved Palmer House for group," January 27, 1995 *The Day, "Seventeen architects vie to design addition to historic Palmer House," July 31, 1995 *The Day, "Stonignton's national landmark," September 12, 1996 *The New York Times, "It's a Historical House, All Right, but How Did the Garden Grow?" March 9, 1997 The Day: Marketplace, "Special film can keep glare, heat and fading at bay," June 1, 2003 *The Day, "Palmer House names to historic register" date unknown *The Day, "Trust moves to save historic Palmer home: Preservation group hopes to buy the site," date unknown

Collection

Harriet Babcock Brown Collection